Thread (22 messages) 22 messages, 5 authors, 2007-02-22

Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 1/4 (updated)] ps3fb: thread updates

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden>
Date: 2007-02-16 17:33:16
Also in: linux-fbdev

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
quoted
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(wq);
+
+	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+		prepare_to_wait(&wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (!ps3fb.is_kicked)
+			schedule();
+		finish_wait(&wq, &wait);
+		ps3fb.is_kicked = 0;
+		ps3fb_sync(0);	/* single buffer */
should probably be just:

	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
		ps3fb_sync(0);
		schedule();
	}

given that you don't need a waitqueue and a spurious wakeup here
seems harmless.
Not always. If flipping is disabled, or external flip is enabled, you don't
want a spurious flip.

I'll send a new patch after the weekend.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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